U+14C1 "ᓁ" Canadian Syllabics Naai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᓁ
U+14C1 "ᓁ" Canadian Syllabics Naai is a symbol used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "naai" in languages like Inuktitut or Cree. Its glyph resembles a backward-facing, open-topped triangle with a small vertical line attached to its pointed left side, indicating a long vowel sound. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the diverse Indigenous languages of Canada that employ this script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14C1 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Naai |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14c1 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Script Extensions | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |